One of my favorite little shops in the French Quarter of New Orleans is The Kitchen Witch. I’m a sucker for a bookstore, particularly one of those crowded, cozy types. Make it a bookstore specializing in cookbooks and I positively swoon. I discovered this little gem on our first or second trip back to New…
Menu Plan Monday ~ October 17, 2011
Click here for more menu ideas! This will be another of those weeks where I won’t be cooking much. David leaves on a business trip early Tuesday morning and won’t return until Friday. He would be home earlier but he got tickets to a World Series game in St. Louis Thursday night. Chris is going…
The vegetarian vs. the carnivore
I’ve been participating in these Blog Action Day events ever since the first one in 2007. Each year there is a chosen topic on which all participants write. This year, Blog Action Day coincides with World Food Day so the 2011 theme is, naturally, food. The four previous Blog Action posts I’ve done have been on…
Frozen Music
“Architecture in general is frozen music.” ~Friedrich von Shelling~ I was one of those kids who drew house plans for fun. I remember a really cool one I designed which was centered around a courtyard. That was long before I knew anything about French Quarter courtyards which just might be evidence that I lived there…
Thelma and Louise…with a happy ending
Road trip! My friend, Roz, and I spent a week in New Orleans and despite the trepidation some expressed, we behaved admirably. I came home with a burn on my hand and a stubbed toe but no criminal record so I count that as a success. We ate delicious food, listened to wonderful music, went…
Menu Plan Monday ~ October 10, 2011
Click here for more menu ideas! I’m back! My friend and I had a fabulous trip to New Orleans last week. I will be sharing drool-worthy food pics and descriptions later, plus a blog post about a very special little shop in the French Quarter. But for now, here is what’s on the menu for…
From A to Z
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a blog meme but I saw this one on Allie’s blog, Wardrobe Oxygen and figured it would be something fun to post while I’m in New Orleans. Enjoy! A. Age: 49 B. Bed size: Queen. We had a king size when the kids were little and sleeping…
Music rocks my socks off
Enjoying music at The Swamp… [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]
Nurture My Body
Are you looking for a skincare company that makes quality, organic, Cruelty-Free products? Would you prefer smaller, private company over one of the big name, faceless corporations? How about a company with fantastic, personal service and a commitment to the protecting the environment? Yes? Well, this is your lucky day. Several years ago I *met*…
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